WoRMS taxon details
Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816)
283086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283086)
accepted
Species
Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823 · unaccepted
Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913 · unaccepted
Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> 532 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283086 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> 532 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]
original description (of Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823) Desmarest, A. G. (1823). Première Décade Ichthyologique, ou, Description complète de dix espèces de poissons nouvelles, ou imparfaitement connues, habitant la mer qui baigne les côtes de l'ile de Cuba. <em>Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris.</em> v. 2: 163-210. [details]
original description (of Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823) Desmarest, A. G. (1823). Première Décade Ichthyologique, ou, Description complète de dix espèces de poissons nouvelles, ou imparfaitement connues, habitant la mer qui baigne les côtes de l'ile de Cuba. <em>Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris.</em> v. 2: 163-210. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urobatis jamaicensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase (from synonym Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urobatis jamaicensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To FishBase (from synonym Urobatis sloani vermiculatus Garman, 1913)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To FishBase (from synonym Trygonobatus torpedinus Desmarest, 1823)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Urolophus jamaicensis (Cuvier, 1816))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Raia jamaicensis Cuvier, 1816)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
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